MUSIC

Motionless in White — 8 p.m., Mohegan Sun Wolf Den; free. Story, page 4. Friday Night Folk — 7:30 p.m., All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 19 Jay St., New London; Leonard Cohen tribute led by Small Town Concert Series; $17 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 for students and military with ID; (860) 443-0316.

Story, page 4. Dick Mundell and Pete Davis —

6:30-9 p.m., Hideaway, 19 Halls Road, Old Lyme.

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad —

8 p.m., Knickerbocker, 35 Railroad Ave., Westerly; with The Elovaters; $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 7 p.m., Latitude 41, 105 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic. 6 p.m., Maugle Sierra Vineyards, 827 Colonel Ledyard Highway, Ledyard. 8:30 p.m., Side Door Jazz Club, 85 Lyme St., Old Lyme; $45; (860) 434-2600.

Steve Christian — The Cartells — Chico Freeman Plus+tet — Standing Ovation —

7-10 p.m., Steak Loft, 27 Coogan Blvd., Mystic.

Dangerous Animals, Onesie —

9:30 p.m., 33 Golden, 33 Golden St., New London; $5. 7 p.m., Venice Restaurant, 165 Shore Road, Westerly.

James Harris —

Story, page 13. “Nautical Nightmares: A Creature Among Us” —

6-10 p.m., Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic; performances leave every 15 minutes; through Oct. 29; $21 members, $25 nonmembers, $16 youth members, $20 non-member youth; registration required: (860) 572-0711.

Story, page 6. Ace Aceto’s Royal Flush —

8 p.m., Granite Theatre, 1 Granite St., Westerly; comic Ace Aceto and others perform; $20; (401) 596-2341.

8 p.m., Goodspeed Opera House, 6 Main St., East Haddam; musical about the country’s immigrant past; through Dec. 10; $28-$80; (860) 873-8668.

“Rags” —

Park, Broad Street, New London; through Oct. 27; newlondonfieldofgreens.org.

5:30 p.m., Colchester Town Green, 80 Main St.; kickoff event with a DJ, refreshments and a costume parade; online voting Oct. 18-29 at designated voting locations; (860) 537-0340.

Scarecrow Contest — National Coming Out Day —

6-9:30 p.m., Best Western Olympic Inn, 360 Route 12, Groton; coming out stories from local residents and a concert by singer-songwriter Namoli Brennet; sponsored by OutCT; $15, free for students; outct.org.

Ghoulchester: A Graveyard Tour Into the Past —

6 p.m., Hayward Fire Company Museum, South Main Street, Colchester; annual graveyard tour led by the Colchester Historical Society; $10 members, $15 nonmembers, $25 families; reservations recommended; rain date Sun.; mail@colchesterhistory.org.

6 p.m., Mohegan Sun Ballroom, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville; eighth annual Bethsaida Community event featuring a discussion with Mohegan

Empowering Women Event —

Tribe Chief Lynn Malerba; $80; bethsaidact.org.

Southeastern Council —

6 p.m., Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Auditorium, 53 Lyme St., Old Lyme; presentation by Johns Hopkins University political scientist Michael Haltzel about the Trump administration’s foreign policy; $20, free for members and students; (860) 388-9241.

7 p.m., Mystic Museum of Arts, 9 Water St., Mystic; performances by poets Jose B. Gonzalez and Julia Paul; $10, students under 21 free; (860) 912-2444.

Arts Cafe Mystic — page 4. Connecticut World Affairs Story,